Gary McGee & Co.

Gary McGee & Co. says it focuses exclusively on the tax-exempt sector. Gary McGee & Co. LLP is based in Portland, Oregon, and is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington. Use this page to see what it offers and what to ask before you hire a nonprofit audit firm.

Services

• Audits
• Accounting
• Tax
• Advisory

About the firm

Gary McGee & Co. was founded in 1992 by Gary McGee, formerly of KPMG’s national exempt organizations group, and is led by managing partner Yee Lee McGee, CPA. Its site lists a staff of about 15 and more than 210 active clients across 34 nonprofit sectors, from libraries and museums to religious organizations and private foundations. It says it is the only firm in its region focused exclusively on tax-exempt organizations.

Who it works with

The firm is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington and works from Portland. It is a member of the AICPA, its Not-for-Profit Section, the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center and the Governmental Audit Quality Center.

Services and how engagements work

Services include audits, reviews and compilations, Single Audits, agreed-upon procedures, Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF and 990-T, state and charitable trust filings, private foundation compliance, Form 5500 and benefit plan audits, Forms 1023 and 1024, and indirect cost rates. Important: as of October 7, 2026, its contact page says the audit team is fully booked and not taking new audit or review engagements; tax work is considered case by case.

Firm details checked on its website on October 7, 2026.

Before you hire an auditor

• License in your state. Audits are performed by licensed CPA firms. Confirm the firm can practice in your state, especially if it works with you remotely.
• Peer review. Ask for the firm’s most recent peer review report.
• Single Audit. If your organization expends $1,000,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year, it needs a Single Audit under 2 CFR 200.501. Ask whether the firm performs them.
• Scope and fee. Ask what the engagement letter covers (audit, Form 990, management letter) and how the fee is set.

Details come from the Gary McGee & Co. website, checked October 3, 2026.

Federal single audit record

The Federal Audit Clearinghouse, the federal government’s public database of single audits, lists Gary McGee & Co. as the auditor on 64 single audits of nonprofit organizations for fiscal years 2021 through 2025. The audited organizations were in Oregon and Washington.

Those organizations reported between $771K and $7.6 million in federal award spending for the year audited (median $2.2 million). The single audit threshold was $750,000 in federal awards spent for fiscal years starting before October 1, 2024, and is $1,000,000 for fiscal years starting on or after that date (how the threshold works).

The largest organizations in the 2025 records include Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Portland VA Research Foundation, The Xerces Society, Inc., Clark County Food Bank, Janus Youth Programs, Inc. and Rogue River Watershed Council. These are public filings, not client endorsements.

Counted from FAC records on October 7, 2026, one report per organization per year. Recent years are incomplete: a single audit is due nine months after the fiscal year ends.

Oregon and Washington nonprofits and foundations needing tax, private foundation or benefit plan expertise. New audit or review clients should check availability first: the firm says its audit team is currently full.

Gary McGee is a member of the AICPA's Governmental Audit Quality Center and handles private foundation compliance and benefit plan audits.

Good fit if: You are an Oregon or Washington nonprofit or foundation needing tax, foundation or benefit plan expertise.

Watch for: As of October 7, 2026 its site says the audit team is full and not taking new audit or review clients.

Nonprofit single audits on record: 64 (Oregon and Washington)

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